Improvement in oil-cans



UNITED NSTATES LAWRENCE W. KENT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN olL-cANs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,860, datedSeptember 12, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE W. KENT, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements inOil-Cans, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of this invention relates to a class of Oilers used aboutmachinery, such as locomotives, th at requires along-spouted Oiler, andwhich Y cannot be turned uprightV after use to prevent oil from drippingfrom the spout, Owing to the ne'- cessity of reaching in under parts ofthe machin ery. My improvement consists in placing a valve near themuzzle of the spout for preventing the oil from emitting therefrom, saidvalve being controlled and operated by a thumb-rod placed vnear thehandle of the can.

In the drawing, A represents the body of a can, and B the spout. In theupper end of the said spout I place a stop-valve, c, having a rod, d,passing into the body of the can, and there connected to a curvedspring, E, one end of said spring being secured to the side ofthe can.The valve is made cone-shaped, and readily iits in the valve-seat, whichis a hollow cone, and thus is not liable to wear so as to leak. To theother end of the spring is attached a thumb-rod, f,

which passes out through a tube, g, placed above the handle H. The endof the rod f is provided With a thumb-knob. Within said tube g is placeda small quantity of packing to prevent the leakage of Oil through thetube.

This makes a very convenient oiler, and one that will not waste Oil, asit only ejects Oil when the valve is opened by the thumb of the operatorbeing placed upon the thumb-rod.

I am aware that a valve has been arranged in the upper part Of the spoutand opened and closed by the vertical action of a spring and athumb-piece arranged at the top of the can, and therefore do not claimsuch; the contiguity of the operating-knob to the handle, and the moregradual and delicate effect of the oblique and indirect movement of thespring, being the object of my improvement.

What I claim is- The bow-spring E, connected to the side thumbrod Hf,that the latter will operate the valve vertically by the lateral actionof both spring and thumb-rod, as described.

L. W. KENT.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TrBBrTTs, GEO. HEsTER.

